16" in Burke in the middle of a flat non-drifty spot . . . this is gonna take AT LEAST three runs with the snowblower before we're done. There's not a chance in hell that FX schools will be open on Monday.

The past 4 hours have rocked! 10am we had 8-9" in North Georgetown - roads were covered but not bad. Snow rates picked up with visibilty down to about 250 yards (with little wind). At 1:30pm we have at least 14" (on a 12" ruler) with Wisconsin Avenue littered with stuck cars and snow-plow piles 2-3' high in places in the middle of the road. 8" - a nice snowfall - over 14"? priceless!

Definitely some heavy snow out there. 12.25 inches outside my McLean deck at 12:15; 14.25 inches there at 1:15! Even just a few more hours at that snowfall rate could get us close to 20 inches, and maybe even 24 if the storm does hold tonight.

If you consider yourself religious, please pray for all those who are put in danger by this storm: the poor, the sick, the elderly, the injured, those driving and stranded, those without heating and especially the homeless. I know most of us are having a fun time with this storm, but there are certainly those put in harm's way by them.

TONIGHT
E OF 68W...E TO SE WINDS 35 TO 50 KT BECOMING S TO SW
LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 15 TO 24 FT. W OF 68W...E TO NE WINDS 45
TO 55 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO NW AND INCREASING TO 50 TO 65 KT
LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 19 TO 32 FT...HIGHEST S.

How is it that National's totals are always so much less than Dulles and just about everywhere else in the region? The radar today would suggest that it should be on par or more than Dulles. It is always unfortunate that National is the official collector of DC weather information.

If it doesn't stop snowing soon, Northwest DC is going to nothing but a cluttered mess of stuck cars.. Already, cars are getting stuck all over the place. Another 2 or 4 inches, and it literally may be hard for emergency vehicles will have a hard time getting through.

it looks like it is going to end soon, with less than expected accumulations for DC...like usual. burbs look alright, but still lower end of predictions unless this thing spins out for longer than it appears.

The snow is up to my knees on the west side of Oakton, VA. Knee deep snow has always been my unofficial way to judge a really good snowstorm. Very few storms achieve that in the DC area. Now I need to find a yardstick for an official measurement.

Our deck was completely clear 2 hours ago thanks to the wind - not even a dusting for most of the deck. Then the wind dropped off from 15-25mph down to 5-10mph. In the last 2 hours, we now have foot deep drifts on our deck covering close to 1/3rd the deck surface. Pretty impressive change in an hour.

19 inches in Lake Ridge. I'm starting to run out of places to measure the snow, this was the last flat place I could find before I run into a slight slope (that you can see in the background of the picture). We've now beaten the PDII (Feb 2003 storm) by 1 inch -- I measured 18 inches of snow in the PDII storm.

We are near bdeco's measurement in Kingstowne since we're in the Hayfield Farm corner of southeastern Fairfax County - between 17" and 18" right now and still coming down strong. Here's a brief video shot in front of my home from about 1.5 hours ago - pretty much a whiteout: http://bit.ly/8m3Njc

@18.5 one mile from DC seems high! I have 15-16" in odenton, where i have been receiving serious banding! Are you sure you did not measure a drift? I measured 10 "nuetral" spots and took the average.....

15 inches as of 2:20. Snowfall rates of less than an inch an hour after that point, but .75 an hour is still respectable.
I usually go sledding in a storm, but with so much snow, I thought a snow fort might be a better plan. Just the snow on the sidewalk, when added to that on the ground, was enough to make a pretty large hump. With some more snow, I think I'll be ready to start patting it down and sculpting.

The radar seems to be filling in a bit. Could the city end up with close to 20 inches after all? A few hours ago, it looked like the snow line was already making its way well into Prince William. Now, its creeping back down towards Fredericksburg... Am I seeing that correctly??

Am I just being overly optimistic, or does the radar seem to suggest the moisture is increasing in NOVA and DC just when it seemed to be on the verge of dying out? The snow was really slowing down about a half an hour ago here in Dupont, but now has really picked up almost to the highest intensity I've seen today...guess I should have kept the faith a little longer!

I live in Fredericksburg and its been constantley snowing since 6:30 last night, with maybe a couple of lulls here and there. Hard to measure exactly what we have because of blowing snow, but 16-18 inches would be my guess. I don't think people have to worry about this stopping anytime soon in the DC area

No accurate way to measure at this point - but in NW DC crossing an open area made me realize the value of snow shoes for the first time. I'm exhausted and didn't see any spot below knee depth - 18"+ seems like a fair guess. And yes - people are abandoning cars in the middle of roads - at least on the sidestreets.
...14" - priceless, 20" - call in the National Guard.